1KI 8:27 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “But would God really reside on the earth? The sky and the heavens aren’t big enough for you so how could this building I’ve constructed contain you?

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ὅτι εἰ ἀληθῶς κατοικήσει ὁ Θεὸς μετὰ ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; εἰ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐκ ἀρκέσουσί σοι, πλὴν καὶ ὁ οἶκος οὗτος ὃν ᾠκοδόμησα τῷ ὀνόματί σου;
(Hoti ei alaʸthōs katoikaʸsei ho Theos meta anthrōpōn epi taʸs gaʸs; ei ho ouranos kai ho ouranos tou ouranou ouk arkesousi soi, plaʸn kai ho oikos houtos hon ōkodomaʸsa tōi onomati sou; )

BrTr [fn]But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of [fn]heavens will not suffice thee, how much less even this house which I have built to thy name?

8:27 Gr. 'that,' elliptical expression.

8:27 Gr. heaven.

ULT Indeed, would God really dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens can not contain you, how much less this house that I have built!

UST But God, will you really live on the earth among people? There is not enough space in heaven for you to have enough space to live there. So this temple that I have commanded my workers to build is certainly too small for you to live in.

BSB ¶ But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

OEB ‘But can God actually dwell with men on the earth? Indeed heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this temple that I have built!

WEBBE But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

LSV But is it true [that] God dwells on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!

FBV But will God really live here on earth? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple I have built!

T4T But God, you cannot really live on the earth. There is surely not enough space for you in the sky, or even in the heaven. So there is surely not enough space for you to live in this temple that my workers have built.

LEB For will God really dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens could not contain you! How could[fn] this house that I have built?

8:27 Literally “Even that”

BBE But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

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JPS But will God in very truth dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

ASV But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

DRA Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

YLT But, is it true? — God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!

Drby But will [fn]God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

8.27 Elohim

RV But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

Wbstr But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have built?

KJB-1769 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
(But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee/you; how much less this house that I have builded? )

KJB-1611 But will God indeede dwell on the earth? Behold, the heauen, and heauen of heauens cannot conteine thee: how much lesse this House that I haue builded?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Wyll God in deede dwell on the earth? Beholde, the heauens and heauens of all heauens are not able to contayne thee: and how should then this house do it that I haue builded?
(Wyll God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens and heavens of all heavens are not able to contayne thee/you: and how should then this house do it that I have builded?)

Gnva Is it true in deede that God will dwell on the earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: howe much more vnable is this house that I haue built?
(Is it true indeed that God will dwell on the earth? behold, the heavens, and the heavens of heavens are not able to contain thee/you: how much more unable is this house that I have built? )

Cvdl For thynkest thou yt God dwelleth vpon earth? Beholde, the heauens and the heauens of all heauens maye not contayne the: how shulde then this house do it, that I haue buylded?
(For thinkst thou/you it God dwells upon earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of all heavens may not contayne them: how should then this house do it, that I have builded/built?)

Wycl Therfor whether it is to gesse, that God dwellith verily on erthe; for if heuene, and heuene of heuenes moun not take thee, how myche more this hows, which Y bildid to thee, `mai not take thee.
(Therefore whether it is to gesse, that God dwells verily/truly on earth; for if heaven, and heaven of heavens moun not take thee/you, how much more this house, which I builded/built to thee/you, `mai not take thee/you.)

Luth Denn meinest du auch, daß GOtt auf Erden wohne? Siehe, der Himmel und aller Himmel Himmel mögen dich nicht versorgen. Wie sollte es denn dies Haus tun, das ich gebauet habe?
(Because meinest you also, that God on earthn wohne? See, the/of_the heaven and aller heaven heaven mögen you/yourself not versorgen. How sollte it because this/these house do/put, the I gebauet habe?)

ClVg Ergone putandum est quod vere Deus habitet super terram? si enim cælum, et cæli cælorum, te capere non possunt, quanto magis domus hæc, quam ædificavi?
(Ergone putandum it_is that vere God habitet over the_earth/land? when/but_if because the_sky, and cæli cælorum, you(sg) capere not/no possunt, quanto magis home these_things, how ædificavi? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

But will God actually live on the earth?

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when ?,indeed dwell ʼElohīm on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=earth/land see/lo/see! the=heavens and,heaven the=heavens not contain,you also/though that/for/because/then/when the,house the=this which/who built )

Possible meanings of this question are: (1) Solomon is asking a real question and expecting an answer or (2) the question is rhetorical and Solomon is emphasizing that God is too big and mighty to live on earth. Alternate translation: “But it surely cannot be that God will actually live on the earth!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

But will God

Here Solomon speaks about God in the third person. It can be stated in the second person. Alternate translation: “But will you”

Look

Alternate translation: “What I am about to say is important” or “The truth is that”

you—how much less can this temple that I have built

Alternate translation: “you, so this temple that I have built certainly cannot contain you”

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